Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
The USA Network has renewed Suits for a 16-episode fourth season. (Variety)
ABC has given a 10-episode order for an adaptation of the upcoming Australian series called Secrets & Lies that won’t air “Down Under” until next year. That version stars actor Martin Henderson (Off the Map) as a patriarch who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young boy when he finds the body. The US version is current casting and looking for a showrunner. (Michael O’Connell at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace) will have a recurring role in the NBC mid-season drama Believe that will follow the unlikely relationship that develops between a young girl named Bo (newcomer Johnny Sequoyah) with a special gift and an escaped convict named Tate (Jake McLaughlin) when he’s sprung from prison and tasked with protecting her from the evildoers who covet her power. Jean-Baptiste will play CIA Deputy Director Brandice Comstock, a dangerous political lifer who is aligned with the series’ villain Roman Skouras (Kyle MacLachlan) in a conspiracy to capture and exploit Bo. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
CBS is developing a new crime drama based on the Austrian series Fast Forward that would center on a female homicide detective who juggles the demands of her job while co-parenting and working side-by-side with her newly divorced husband, the medical examiner. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The CW is working on a new project with former 90210 showrunner Rebecca Sinclair and Carol Mendelsohn Productions that would be a period drama set in 1961 Malibu at the onset of the Southern California surf culture as well as the wave of social change that would transform America. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Looks like NBC is in the rebooting mode, as the network is considering reviving one of the most successful TV shows: Murder, She Wrote. But this time the potential hour-long drama would star Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. The project would be a light, contemporary procedural in the vein of Bones or Fargo, following a hospital administrator and amateur sleuth (Spencer) who self-publishes her first mystery novel. Set in a day where sensational headlines inundate the news, this woman’s avid fascination with true crime leads her to become an active participant in the investigations. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
NBC has also ordered a script for a procedural based on the Thomas Sniegoski urban fantasy novel series about Remy Chandler, an angel who, having grown weary of celestial warfare, chooses to embrace earthly life and develop a deep appreciation for humans and their vices. (The Deadline Team)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Jamie Dornan (Once Upon a Time) will supposedly replace actor Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) in the film adaptation of one of the most-buzzed about books of this modern date: Fifty Shades of Grey. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Captain America The Winter Soldier Trailer
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That’s it. Enjoy!
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